Milo was born November 19, 1937, in Breckenridge, TX. He grew up on his family’s ranch outside of Clarendon, Hedley, then Wichita Falls. He received his pastoral license from the United Methodist Church at the age of 17. Milo received his B.A. in Religion from Texas Wesleyan University in 1959, his Master’s of Sacred Theology from Perkins School of Theology at SMU in 1962, and his Doctorate of Sacred Theology from Boston University School of Theology in 1974.

Milo served as a United Methodist Missionary to Taiwan from 1965-1971. He was assigned to teach Church history at Taiwan Theological College and Seminary. He became involved in human rights efforts during the era of Chiang Kai Sheik’s White Terror (1949-1987). Milo worked with political dissidents, including work with Amnesty International, the American Friends Service Committee, and most notably, included the planning and execution of the successful escape of former political prisoner and democracy activist, Dr. Peng Ming-Min. Milo and his family were deported back to the U.S. in 1971.Fireproof Moth: A Missionary in Taiwan’s White Terrorwas published by Sunbury Press in 2010. In 2016, he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the Taiwan Theological College and Seminary.

From 1977-1992, Milo resided in Atlanta, GA, where he served as the Director of Alternatives, a non-profit organization that promoted simple living, and later taught at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.

In 1992, Milo was appointed to Juneau, AK, as pastor to Aldersgate United Methodist Church; in 1996, First United Methodist Church, Fairbanks, AK. He was appointed to First United Methodist Church in Bend, from 2001 until 2005, when he retired.

In retirement, he helped found High Desert Village in 2009. He wrote and blogged about current political and theological matters, began an unpublished novel, – Not Yet What We Shall Be in 2005. He also came out of retirement in 2007, for a temporary appointment to Chugiak United Methodist Church in Alaska.

Fishing was his favorite pastime. Travel, writing, wood working, photography were his hobbies, and the kinds of music that were his favorite were hymns, country, and opera. Never being one to take himself too seriously, he was quick with a joke, but he would start laughing toward the end of telling, everyone else as well, then the punchline. Milo was a kind and loving man for God, his family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Bend United Methodist Church, 680 NW Bond St., Bend, OR 97701. The service will be followed by fellowship to exchange stories, photos, and memories of Milo. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) and to Partners In Care of Bend, OR.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for February. The Gratz Historical Society’s History of Lyken Township Volume Two took the top spot. Beagle Tales VI by Bob Ford was runner up.

SUNBURY PRESS – Bestsellers for February, 2016 (by Revenue)

Rank

Last Month

Title

Author

Category

1

NEW

History of Lykens Township Volume 2

Gratz Historical Society

History

2

NEW

Beagle Tales VI

Bob Ford

Humor

3

—

Dinorific Poetry Volume 1

Mike & Ethan Sgrignoli

Childrens

4

2

Seinsoth

Steven k Wagner

Sports Biography

5

41

Call Sign Dracula

Joe Fair

Vietnam Memoir

6

—

The B Team

Alan Mindell

Sports Fiction

7

—

The Closer

Alan Mindell

Sports Fiction

8

—

Bravo!

Guy Graybill

Music History

9

5

Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, 2nd Ed.

Mike Campbell

History

10

—

Freemasons at Gettysburg

Sheldon Munn

History

11

8

The Sign of the Eagle

Jess Steven Hughes

Historical Fiction

12

1

Embattled Freedom

Jim Remsen

History

13

NEW

Planet Jesus #1: Flesh & Blood

Doug & Shaun Brode

Supernatural Fiction

14

NEW

Tories, Terror, and Tea

John L Moore

History

15

—

American Berserk

Bill Morris

Memoir

16

9

Living in the Afterlife

Michele Livingston

Spirituality

17

40

Cast Iron Signs of Pennsylvania Towns and Other Landmarks

N Clair Clawser

History

18

15

Pit Bulls

Anthony Julian

History

19

20

Winter of the Metal People

Dennis Herrick

Historical Fiction

20

—

OneWay: The Oracle

Robin McClellan

Supernatural Fiction

21

26

Jesus the Phoenician

Karim El Koussa

History

22

7

Warriors, Wampum, and Wolves

John L Moore

History

23

12

Settlers, Soldiers, and Scalps

John L Moore

History

24

30

Rivers, Raiders, and Renegades

John L Moore

History

25

24

Traders, Travelers, and Tomahawks

John L Moore

History

26

45

The Ripper’s Haunts

Michael Hawley

History

27

14

Pioneers, Prisoners, and Peace Pipes

John L Moore

History

28

35

Cannons, Cattle, and Campfires

John L Moore

History

29

25

The Wolf of Britannia Part I

Jess Steven Hughes

Historical Fiction

30

19

Forts, Forests, and Flintlocks

John L Moore

History

31

18

Bows, Bullets, and Bears

John L Moore

History

32

27

The Descendants of Johann Peter Klinger …

Max Klinger

Geneaology

33

NEW

Dead of Spring

Sherry Knowlton

Thriller Fiction

34

13

Mary Sachs

Barbara Trainin-Blank

Biography

35

—

Messages from Beyond

Michele Livingston

Spirituality

36

—

OneWay

Robin McClellan

Supernatural Fiction

37

49

The Devil Tree

Keith Rommel

Thriller Fiction

38

17

Keystone Corruption Continues

Brad Bumsted

History

39

34

Hour 30

Brandon Musgrave

Memoir

40

—

The Relations of Milton Snavely Hershey

Lawrence Knorr

Geneaology

41

—

The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

William Cook

True Crime

42

—

Where Elephants Fought

Bridget Smith

Historical Fiction

43

—

Well I’ll be Hanged

Tim Dempsey

History

44

37

Indian Villages and Place Names in PA

George Donehoo

History

45

50

Digging Dusky Diamonds

John Lindermuth

History

46

—

Der Lange Verborgene Freund

John George Hohman

Spirituality

47

—

Keystone Tombstones Volume 3

Joe Farrell and Joe Farley

History

48

—

Keystone Tombstones Volume 1

Joe Farrell and Joe Farley

History

49

—

The Sea is a Thief

David Parmalee

Historical Fiction

50

21

That Night at Surigao

Ernie Marshall

History

The Gratz Historical Society’s local history “The History of Lykens Township Volume 2,” was #1 due to advance sales leading up to its release in April. Bob Ford’s humorous “Beagle Tales VI” continues a successful string of releases by the writer, took #2 thanks to sales in the beagling community. Mike & Ethan Sgrignoli’s “Dinorific Poetry Volume 1” bounced back to #3 due to author events. Steven K Wagner’s biography “Seinsoth” about the Dodger who almost was took #4 due to bookstore sales. Joe Fair’s Vietnam history, “Call Sign Dracula” was strong at #5 thanks to author activities.

Vero Beach, FL — Sunbury Press has released The Silent Woman, Keith Rommel’s fourth novel in the Thanatology series of psychological thrillers. The first two books, The Cursed Manand The Lurking Man, have already been made into Hollywood movies and are winning awards on the festival circuit. Both movies are slated for release and distribution later this year. The third novel, The Sinful Man, is scheduled for filming in April.

About the Book:

The past.

A little girl is nearly kidnapped. A wild man runs loose, terrorizing a neighborhood. An older sister stops at nothing to protect her younger sibling from outsiders.

The present.

A woman sits in a prison cell, left to rot alongside a ruthless tormentor on a mission to break her. But, little does she know, the prison holds more insidious monsters than the beastly cellmate who steals her food and trades away her belongings for seemingly irrelevant trinkets.

The past.

Secret murders. A clandestine friendship. A broken pact between sisters. In an effort to cover up a string of devious acts, an unlikely coalition unites to bury their shared dark past.

The present.

A woman continues to be tortured by her mocking bunkmate, as well as by her own past—and all the things she can’t recall about it. What has she done? Why is she here?Whereis she? As she ponders and pieces together the mysteries of her history, she traverses a place that incarcerates her not only physically but also forces her deeper into the prison of her own mind.

Chambersburg, PA — Sunbury Press has released American Berserk: A Cub Reporter, a Small-Town Daily, the Schizo ‘70s, Bill Morris’s compilation of odd-ball stories from his days as a reporter in Chamberburg.

About the Book:

After publishing his third novel,Motor City Burning(Pegasus Books, 2014), Bill Morris turned his attention to researching, remembering and reliving some of the spectacularly lurid stories he covered in Chambersburg nearly forty years ago. These included arson, rape, murder, kidnapping, attempted suicide, the paranormal, prison breaks – all of it leavened by the more prosaic aspects of life in a picturesque small town in central Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley. He has now collected his memories – along with explorations into the slippery nature of memory – in a non-fiction book he’s calledAmerican Berserk: A Cub Reporter, a Small-Town Daily, the Schizo ‘70s.

Praise for Bill Morris:

Motor City Burning

“Rich and thrilling.” – Kirkus Reviews

“A crackling pace.” – The New York Times

“Outstanding.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)

All Souls’ Day

“Bill Morris is an exceptionally gifted and savvy writer. The comparison to Graham Greene is fully merited.” — Nelson DeMille

Motor City

“A wonderful job…a comprehensive portrait of American life in the ‘50s.” – Michico Kakutani, The New York Times

POTTSVILLE, Pa. – March 11, 2017 – PRLog — Sunbury Press has released What Waits Beneath, Thomas Malafarina’s campy horror novel based in his native Schuylkill County harkening back to 1960s pulp classics.

About the Book:Thomas Malafarina’s first novel is set in 1965 in his native Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A young boy is savagely disemboweled in the presence of his friends at an abandoned coal mine by an unidentified creature.

During the investigation, which follows, a Philadelphia television reporter learns from an eccentric old codger a terrible legend about the disastrous history of the mine – a tale about a mine disaster many years ago in which three coal miners were trapped a mile below the surface. Out of desparation, one of the miners sold his soul to Satan in order to get revenge for the disaster. In return, Satan transformed this man into an immortal soul-feeding demon that must remain trapped in the mine until he gathers ninety-nine souls.

How do you kill what can’t be killed? How do you stop the unstoppable? Welcome to a place where terror reigns, where unspeakable horror and demonic savagery is the norm; where lost souls writhe and struggle for a freedom that may never come. Welcome to Coogan’s mine; the home of Devil Dan.

About the Author:
Thomas M. Malafarina (www.ThomasMMalafarina.com) is an author of horror fiction from Berks County, Pennsylvania. To date he has published six horror novels “What Waits Beneath”, “Burner”, “Eye Contact” , “Fallen Stones”, “Dead Kill Book 1: The Ridge of Death” and “Dead Kill Book 2: The Ridge Of Change”. He has also published four collections of horror short stories; “Thirteen Deadly Endings”, “Ghost Shadows”, “Undead Living” and most recently “Malaformed Realities Vol. 1”. He has also published a book of often-strange single panel cartoons called “Yes I Smelled It Too; Cartoons For The Slightly Off Center”. All of his books are published through Sunbury Press.(www.Sunburypress.com).
In addition, many of the more than one hundred short stories Thomas has written have appeared in dozens of short story Anthologies and e-magazines. Some have been produced and presented for internet podcasts as well. Thomas is best known for the twists and surprises in his stories and his descriptive often gory passages have given him the reputation of being one who paints with words. Thomas is also an artist, musician, singer and songwriter.

Excerpt:
Dusk fell rapidly upon that dreary and overcast late summer day in August 1965. A disquietingly cool autumn breeze had begun to chill the air; a not so subtle forewarning of the inescapable approach of winter just a few months away. In the distance, black silt-covered hills cleaved their way through the earth stretching westward through the barren coalfields of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Elsewhere, the world was going through what was quite possibly one of the greatest cultural revolutions in its history. But here in this quiet place, time seemed to stand strangely still.

A winding dirt road snaked its way between the silt banks heading upward toward a plateau, which intersected a rising hillside. At its crest stood a rotting timber-framed doorway, once the entrance to a major coalmine, which had been abandoned more than a half century earlier.

A group of six young boys trudged purposefully up the access road toward the neglected mine. They stared at the rusted mine car rails which extended out from the yawning breach resembling the tongue of some nightmarish beast waiting to devour its unsuspecting prey. As they approached the former entrance to the mine, the boys involuntarily moved closer together forming a tighter cluster perhaps thinking that by doing so they might somehow shield themselves from whatever unknown evil the mine possessed. They had all heard and known the stories.

Near the entrance, a security light shown with an eerie amber glow from high atop a battered wooden electrical pole from which wires dangled loose and foreboding. Seven feet or so above the ground, rusted metal l-shaped footrests jutted out from the sides of the pole creating a staggered ladder pattern leading high upward toward its top. However, the climb upward seemed far too dangerous for any sane person to attempt. The tawny light faded in and out of intensity, indicating repairs to this particular fixture were long overdue and would likely never come. In the crimson setting sunlight and the golden glow of the diminishing lamplight the mouth of the mine resembled a gateway to Hell.

On the decomposing timber, which stretched across the crown of the entrance, hung a painted sign, worn and barely legible reading “Co ___ n’s Mine.” A menacing looking blood dripping handprint obscured the missing letters. Several similar handprints dappled the two worn wooden mine doors, both of which were likewise deteriorating and dangled precariously askew.

One by one, the members of the group pushed a younger boy by the name of Johnny Carter to the front of the line. The boy did everything in his power to try to project an air of false bravado, but upon seeing the moldering doors of the mine and the blackness, which loomed just a few feet in front of him, the child became overwrought with terror.